Mind the hilarity index—and the giraffe outfits. Wouldn’t you rather be looking at a clown dressed as a skunk?

It’s the most requested clown gag ever,” asserts Greg DeSanto. “Everyone wants to see a lot of clowns come out of a really small car.” Considering DeSanto’s position as the executive director of the International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center in the consistently hilarious burg of Baraboo, ­Wisconsin, this is an assertion that needs to be taken almost somewhat seriously.